Political Quotes

“Mr. President, when I have come to the floor over the last few months, I have always tried to focus on ways to bring parties together, both sides to work for common solutions--whether it's health care, the new tax reform bill Senator Gregg and I have introduced, or the Build America Bonds program put together by Senator Thune and I, which has clearly been a huge success in terms of revolutionizing the system for funding transportation and infrastructure. Senator Cornyn and I are working on a significant crime bill. So I am always going to come to this floor and try to be bipartisan and bring both sides together. On this question of helping folks who are so desperately hurting today--including so many in my State, where we have a very high unemployment rate--I want to suggest a bipartisan path forward that I hope we can look at in the days ahead. I see my friend from Georgia here, who also wants to work on these major economic issues in a bipartisan way. When you listened to colleagues last night and this morning, it seems to me there is agreement on two fundamental principles. One is that it is absolutely essential to help folks who are hurting now. We have millions of Americans walking on an economic tightrope; balancing their food bill against their fuel bill; trying to pay for essentials; going to bed every night, whether in Colorado, Oregon, or Georgia, figuring out if they are going to be able to pay the bills when they wake up in the morning.…”